Can you believe it?
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Can you build your faith on it?
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The promises of
God's Word are sure.
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They do not fail.
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This book has
stood the test of time.
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We ask that You will
touch Your people once again.
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Give us the Holy Spirit, Lord.
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May we see Your love.
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May we understand
Your care for the church.
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May we purpose in
our hearts to follow You.
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May the Holy
Spirit be present tonight.
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Take this stammering tongue
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and may it be made clear
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that each of us may
have a place in Your kingdom
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because we have
given our hearts to You.
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We pray in Christ's name, Amen.
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The most beautiful creature
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that God ever made on this world
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was a woman.
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When God created
Eve she was perfect.
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She was perfect in beauty.
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She was perfect in figure.
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She was perfect in temperament.
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She was perfect in
every way without question.
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The crowning act of
God's creation was the creation
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of a woman. And it
says this about her:
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Without question
when He made Eve -
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made her to be a
companion to Adam -
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God, in His love and
His mercy and His kindness,
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created a very,
very beautiful creature.
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And then the scripture simply
tells us that sin came in.
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But when sin came in
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and death... death
passed upon the human race
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even then women
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retained their beauty for years.
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I mean not just a little
time but for a long, long time.
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Listen to me: I'm
coming now 2,000 years
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from Eve...
2,000 years from Eve...
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and I want you to
listen to what it has to say
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because it says this:
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that Abraham and Sarah
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are on their way
to the land of Canaan.
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Abraham is greatly concerned
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and he's talking
to his wife Sarah.
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This is what he says to her:
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Now Abraham's
talking to his wife.
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They're getting
close to coming to Egypt.
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He's worried. You know
what he's worried about?
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Huh? Do you know
what he's worried about?
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He's worried about his
wife because she is beautiful.
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"Indeed I know
that you are a woman
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of beautiful countenance.
" And so he told her
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"tell them that
you're my sister. "
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Do you know how old she is?
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Do you have any idea how
old she is when he's concerned?
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Sixty-five years old.
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Sixty-five years
old and he's concerned.
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Not like this woman
in this picture, folks.
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Sixty-five years
old. Probably no wrinkles.
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Absolutely gorgeous.
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Said: "tell them
you're my sister. "
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Without question
Esther was gorgeous;
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Rebekah was beautiful.
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God created women
very, very beautiful.
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And so when God got ready
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to give us the scripture -
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when He got ready
to give us the Bible -
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and He said: "I need
something... I need something
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in scripture to
represent My church"
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God reached out and took
the crowning act of His creation
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and said: "I'll us a
woman to represent My church. "
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"I'll use her to
represent My church. "
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And thus you find
the scripture saying:
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"I have likened the daughter
of Zion... " That's the church.
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And so you find that
God speaks of His church
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as His bride... talks
about her as His bride.
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Oh, that's how He
presents His church.
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And men, if you
didn't catch on tonight
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you should have just caught on
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'cause God just told
you how to love your wife.
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If you didn't catch it,
then you need to look carefully
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because it says He
presents His church how?
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Without spot or without
wrinkle or any such thing.
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I'll guarantee you, if
you can convince your wife
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that she doesn't have a wrinkle
or a spot or any such thing
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she'll love you
the rest of her life.
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So that's how He
presents the church:
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beautiful... glorious.
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So God just simply said
"I'm going to take a woman
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and this woman is
going to represent My church.
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And I'm going to come
back after My bride. "
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"And at midnight a cry was heard
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'Behold the bridegroom is
coming, go out to meet Him. ' "
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So as you pick up God's Word
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and you're studying prophecy
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you're going to find
that God uses a woman
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to represent a church.
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That will be all the way through
the scripture in prophecy.
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So, as God does that it says:
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Now I want you to remember that
'cause were going to come back
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to that. "Escape... "
Isn't that what it says?
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Watch as he goes on:
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So the church is
the apple of God's eye.
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And He said to her:
"Escape, you who dwell with the
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daughters of Babylon. "
We're going to be looking at
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that comparison in scripture
tonight because that is
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extremely important
that you and I understand
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what it's talking
about when it says:
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"Escape, you who dwell
with the daughters of Babylon. "
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Unfortunately, as we
went down through time
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Israel wasn't
altogether faithful to the Lord.
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Many many times they went
running off after other gods
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and they went
worshipping other gods.
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And so you get to books
in the Bible where God makes
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this comparison. If you never
understood the Song of Solomon,
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well read it and understand
it's talking about His love
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for the church. But when
you get to the book of Hosea
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all of a sudden you get
a strange combination there
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because God
tells the prophet Hosea
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"I want you to go out
and marry a prostitute. "
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That's what He's telling
him: "Go marry a prostitute. "
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And Hosea went and married
a woman by the name of Gomer.
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Listen. This is
what it says about it:
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He said: "Go out
and marry this harlot...
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this prostitute. "
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And so he went out
and married Gomer...
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but Gomer wouldn't be faithful.
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She went running off
and God would tell Hosea
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"Go get her and bring her
back home. " And Hosea would
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go get her and
bring her back home.
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But she wouldn't stay home.
She'd go running off again.
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So it's making a
comparison. He's using Hosea
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saying: "This is the way
the children of Israel were:
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they went running
off after other lovers. "
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Hosea 3 verse 1:
"Then the Lord said to me
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'Go again. Love a
woman who is loved by a lover
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and is committing adultery. ' "
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He said: "She's run off, Hosea.
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Go get her. Bring her back home.
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Care for her... love her. "
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Said: "This is the
love of the Lord for the
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children of Israel. "
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Over and over
Israel was running off.
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When you get to
the New Testament
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and into the
books of like Revelation
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God pictures a woman -
a very beautiful woman -
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standing on the earth.
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This is what it has to say about
this woman in Revelation 12.
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So here she is.
She's clothed with the sun,
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the moon under her feet.
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So it says that
this woman is pregnant.
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She's about ready to deliver...
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about ready to
give birth to the baby.
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So it says that
this great red dragon
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standing before that
woman ready to devour that Child
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just as soon as it was born.
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Let's see what this Child is
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that she's going
to give birth to.
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So it says she
gives birth to a boy.
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Says He was to rule all
nations with a rod of iron
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and was caught up to
God and to His throne.
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Speaking of this woman, it says:
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"Then the woman
fled into the wilderness
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where she hath a
place prepared of God
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that they should feed
her there 1,260 days. "
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So tonight we
want to take a look.
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We want to
identify who is this woman.
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We want to
identify who the Child is.
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We want to
identify who the dragon is.
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We want to put
all that together.
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This woman is
clothed with the sun.
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She has the moon under her feet.
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On her head she has a crown
or a garland of twelve stars.
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This represents the church.
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It's what it stands for.
It represents the church.
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The sun that she's clothed
with represents the gospel
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in all of its purity.
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The moon that is under her feet
represents the Old Testament
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period that she's coming out of
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and the garland or
crown of twelve stars
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represents the 12 apostles
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that Christ has given the
commission to take the gospel
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to all the world.
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There's a
dragon... great red dragon.
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That dragon is
standing before that woman
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ready to devour the
Child as soon as it's born.
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Let's see what it says about it:
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So that dragon represents who?
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The devil... what
it represents here.
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It says: "The old
serpent, the devil... "
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Standing before this
woman ready to devour the Child
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as soon as it was born.
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Now folks, there has only been
one Child that has ever been
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born that was to rule all
nations with a rod of iron
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and that Child was Jesus Christ.
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Only One that's ever been
born that was caught up to God
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and to His throne -
OK? - was Jesus Christ.
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So this prophecy is
concerning Jesus Christ.
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Now, I'm sure all of you here
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have read or
someone has told you
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the Christmas story.
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You've heard it enough
to make the application
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because you
remember those wise men.
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They followed a star
and they followed that star
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all the way to Jerusalem.
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They have inquired all
over the city for the Child.
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It has upset the whole
city so much so that Herod
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has called them in and asked
them who they're looking for.
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And they said: "Well
we're looking for this Child
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that's to be born a King. "
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And Herod called in
the scribes and asked them
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where the Child was to
be born. And they said:
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"Oh, He's to be
born down in Bethlehem. "
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Herod told those wise
men to go on to Bethlehem
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and when they had found
the Child to come and tell him
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that he might go
and worship Him also.
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Those wise men followed
that star on down to Bethlehem
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and there they found the Child.
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And they worshiped Him.
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They gave Him their
gold, myrrh, frankincense.
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Why? Why did they
give Him those three gifts?
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Do you know?
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Why did they give Him gold
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and frankincense and myrrh?
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Well, they gave Him gold
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because gold is a
gift you give to a king.
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They gave Him frankincense
because that's an incense
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that the priest uses
and Jesus Christ was Priest.
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And they gave Him myrrh because
that's what's used in burial
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and they gave Him
that for His death.
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They gave Him gold,
myrrh, and frankincense.
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But an angel told
those wise men to go back
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another way because Herod
sought the life of the Child.
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That same angel
told Joseph and Mary
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"Take the Child
and flee to Egypt. "
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And you remember
when Herod found out
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that he had not been told
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you remember it
says he sent his army
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and had all the male children
two years of age and under
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slain. That's what it's talking
about when it talks about
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that great red
dragon. Understand something:
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in the first sense... in
the first sense this great red
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dragon will always
represent the devil.
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But the devil never comes out
and does anything in the open.
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He always uses a
power or a system.
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So in the second sense
it represents the power
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that the devil used...
and that was pagan Rome.
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Pagan Rome is the one
that tried to take the life
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of the Child. Watch as
the scripture continues on:
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So he's turned his
wrath upon the church.
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So it says this woman
fled into the wilderness...
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fleeing away
from the persecution.
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He poured out such
a flood of persecution
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that it looked like the church
was going to be carried away.
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OK?
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If you've ever gone over to Rome
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I would advise
you to go take time
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to go down and
walk in the catacombs.
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You can get a little bit
of a sense of the tremendous
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persecution that went on.
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Let me tell you how it went.
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Rome... pagan Rome...
didn't care who you worshiped.
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Pagan Rome was polytheistic.
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They had many, many gods so they
didn't care who you worshiped.
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You could worship
any god you wanted to.
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What Rome was concerned
about was your allegiance.
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They wanted to know
that you were loyal to Rome.
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So what did they do?
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They took and made a goddess.
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They called her Roma Dia.
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And all that they
asked of you to do
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was once a year you had to come
in before this Roman goddess,
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pick up some incense,
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and sprinkle it in the
fire before the goddess
00:20:13.29\00:20:17.06
and say "Roma Dia. "
00:20:17.26\00:20:19.58
That was a sign
of your allegiance.
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The magistrate gave
you a certificate of it
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and you were free to go
worship any god you wanted to.
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But the
Christians wouldn't do that.
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They said: "No! We
won't worship any other god. "
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And because they
refused to do that
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they were taken to arenas.
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Women, children, men...
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they were put in those arenas
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and lions that
hadn't eaten in days...
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The crowd stood there and
turned thumbs down on them
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and they became food for lions.
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The next time you
say "I'm a Christian"
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then I would just ask you
to remember your heritage.
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That's where it came from.
00:21:18.98\00:21:21.05
They said: "No! We will
have no other god before You. "
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Because of that
tremendous persecution
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they had to flee. And they
went into the catacombs and hid
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under the city. And some of
those people were born in those
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caves... lived and died.
And I've walked into rooms
00:21:35.05\00:21:38.59
in those caves - huge
rooms - that were full of skulls
00:21:38.79\00:21:42.88
where those
people lived and died.
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But because of that, she
had to flee to the wilderness.
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These Christians
fled... and they fled up into
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southern Italy
and northern France
00:22:07.90\00:22:12.39
into a place that you and
I know that we call the Alps.
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And they moved into that
area and they settled there
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and they began to worship...
worship as they believed
00:22:20.67\00:22:24.41
that they could as they read
the Word of God and studied it.
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Says she was given two wings and
she flew into the wilderness.
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There was a country
music singer years ago
00:22:45.03\00:22:48.87
by the name of Roy Acuff.
00:22:49.17\00:22:53.00
Remember him? Huh? You
know who I'm talking about?
00:22:53.30\00:22:56.03
He used to sing a song.
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Sang it and people liked it
00:22:59.10\00:23:02.58
but they didn't
know anything about it.
00:23:02.78\00:23:04.44
You may have heard him sing it.
00:23:04.84\00:23:07.05
It was called "The
Great Speckled Bird. "
00:23:07.35\00:23:11.08
That's what it's
dealing with, folks.
00:23:11.38\00:23:13.35
That's what that song was about.
00:23:13.65\00:23:15.20
She fled into the wilderness
where she was cared for by God.
00:23:15.70\00:23:21.30
She fled there... up
into these mountains.
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These people became
known as Albigenses.
00:23:24.95\00:23:28.18
The Waldensian people.
00:23:28.48\00:23:30.65
Huguenots.
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They were people that took
their stand on the Word of God
00:23:33.08\00:23:36.06
and they said: "We will worship
the Lord and we will follow Him
00:23:36.16\00:23:39.60
and Him only and we will follow
the dictates of our conscience
00:23:39.80\00:23:43.53
and we will
follow the Word of God. "
00:23:43.73\00:23:45.88
And they stood on that.
00:23:47.13\00:23:48.83
And because they stood on that
they received great persecution
00:23:49.14\00:23:54.53
because down in the city of Rome
00:23:54.93\00:23:58.18
certain things were happening.
00:23:58.48\00:24:00.74
The church was receiving favor.
00:24:01.14\00:24:06.35
You remember certain
things happened at this time.
00:24:06.75\00:24:10.24
All of a sudden the bishop
of Rome has stepped to the seat
00:24:19.59\00:24:24.57
of Caesar and he
has seized the scepter.
00:24:24.77\00:24:27.86
And all of a sudden, anybody
who didn't agree with him
00:24:28.06\00:24:31.28
was a heretic
and was persecuted.
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This is what is happening there.
00:24:35.54\00:24:38.13
That happened in 538 AD.
00:24:38.44\00:24:41.41
You remember it says
she's going to flee into the
00:24:41.61\00:24:43.71
wilderness for how long? Huh?
00:24:43.81\00:24:46.76
1260 years -
00:24:47.06\00:24:49.80
you've seen that over and over -
00:24:50.10\00:24:51.76
to 1798 AD.
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This is what is happening to the
church at Rome, folks. Listen:
00:24:55.43\00:24:59.51
Now folks, I'm talking
about what is happening
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in cities like Rome,
Alexandria, and Constantinople.
00:25:07.43\00:25:10.98
All of a sudden the
church received favor,
00:25:11.28\00:25:13.64
was accepted by the government.
00:25:13.84\00:25:15.48
Actually they became the
head... they were in favor.
00:25:15.68\00:25:18.25
I'm not talking about these
people up in the mountains.
00:25:18.45\00:25:21.30
They're receiving persecution.
00:25:22.44\00:25:24.60
"It became the established
religion in the Roman Empire.
00:25:25.20\00:25:28.86
Took the place of
paganism... " Listen carefully:
00:25:29.06\00:25:34.15
Because the Christian church
took in all the pagan customs.
00:25:44.54\00:25:48.95
They just took them all in.
00:25:49.15\00:25:50.52
The things that the
pagans did they took in.
00:25:50.55\00:25:52.54
Not these people
up in the mountains.
00:25:52.84\00:25:54.91
They said: "No way. We
will follow the Word of God;
00:25:55.11\00:25:58.44
we will worship the Lord;
we will not accept that. "
00:25:58.64\00:26:01.52
But the church had
received the favor of state.
00:26:01.82\00:26:05.08
Up here in the mountains
these people are worshiping God.
00:26:05.49\00:26:10.42
They're hunted...
greatly persecuted.
00:26:13.71\00:26:17.51
They had great burden on their
hearts to spread the gospel.
00:26:19.84\00:26:24.00
So back then the only way you
got scripture was to write it
00:26:24.60\00:26:28.31
by hand. And they
would write scripture
00:26:28.41\00:26:30.98
and they would take and
they would slit their clothes
00:26:31.18\00:26:34.37
and slide the scripture
inside their clothes and sew it
00:26:34.57\00:26:37.96
back and then they would
go into the towns as traders
00:26:38.07\00:26:41.51
or people that sold things.
00:26:41.61\00:26:43.76
And if they found
somebody that was interested
00:26:43.86\00:26:45.93
in the Word of God they
would open up their clothes
00:26:46.03\00:26:48.53
and take it out
and share it with them.
00:26:48.63\00:26:50.69
If they were
caught they were killed.
00:26:50.90\00:26:52.63
If you go up there and
walk into those mountains
00:26:54.86\00:26:57.48
and visit their places, you'll
see places they worshiped.
00:26:57.51\00:26:59.98
This is a room where they
hand copied the scripture.
00:27:00.18\00:27:03.98
If you go to
their little churches,
00:27:05.26\00:27:07.16
go in and the pulpit...
00:27:07.36\00:27:09.72
If you go around and look
at the front of the pulpit,
00:27:09.92\00:27:12.11
it said this on the front of it:
00:27:12.31\00:27:14.44
"If you be no missionary
you be nothing at all. "
00:27:14.64\00:27:17.60
That's what it says.
00:27:18.45\00:27:20.05
"If you be no missionary
you be nothing at all. "
00:27:20.25\00:27:23.50
They went out and they
preached the Word of God.
00:27:23.83\00:27:26.95
But the church had to
go into the wilderness,
00:27:27.15\00:27:29.28
it had to go into hiding.
00:27:29.48\00:27:30.99
Had to be there just to exist.
00:27:31.29\00:27:33.04
But it says: "The
earth helped the woman. "
00:27:33.34\00:27:36.17
Hmmm. "The earth
helped the woman... "
00:27:36.47\00:27:39.54
This dragon cast out
such a flood of persecution
00:27:45.61\00:27:48.55
looked like it was going to
wipe the church off the earth.
00:27:48.75\00:27:51.78
Well, how did the
earth help the woman?
00:27:59.62\00:28:03.12
Great persecution
during this time, folks.
00:28:04.59\00:28:07.30
You can go back
and read it in history.
00:28:07.49\00:28:09.28
But all of a sudden you
have developing what was called
00:28:09.48\00:28:13.25
the Reformation
00:28:13.35\00:28:14.79
and men like Hus, Jerome -
00:28:15.09\00:28:19.77
Bohemians - who stood up and
they preached the Word of God.
00:28:20.08\00:28:25.51
They said: "This
is what we believe.
00:28:25.91\00:28:28.16
This what we'll preach. "
00:28:28.36\00:28:30.10
And they stood
on the Word of God
00:28:30.21\00:28:31.75
and for that they
were burned at the stake.
00:28:31.96\00:28:35.15
Wycliffe took the Word
of God and translated it
00:28:35.46\00:28:40.30
so the people could read it.
00:28:40.51\00:28:42.57
And because of his
preaching of the Word of God
00:28:42.87\00:28:45.04
they sent a delegation
down and arrested him,
00:28:45.24\00:28:47.78
was going to
burn him at the stake,
00:28:47.98\00:28:49.51
but he died before
they got him to the stake.
00:28:49.71\00:28:52.97
And then along came men
like Luther, Knox, Zwingli,
00:28:53.57\00:28:59.42
Calvin... all
these great reformers...
00:28:59.66\00:29:03.34
and they stood up and
they preached the Word of God.
00:29:03.54\00:29:05.70
And they said: "This is
what we need to follow and our
00:29:05.80\00:29:08.36
conscience will
not be dictated to. "
00:29:08.46\00:29:10.58
And as a result
of their preaching
00:29:10.78\00:29:12.88
some of the princes of Europe
began to stand up and they said:
00:29:13.08\00:29:16.68
"We will be free. We will
believe what we understand
00:29:16.88\00:29:20.56
God's Word to be teaching
and we will stand on that
00:29:20.76\00:29:23.60
and this is what
we will believe. "
00:29:23.80\00:29:25.63
And they stood up, and the
persecution began to let up.
00:29:25.93\00:29:29.33
Began to...
became easier and easier.
00:29:29.83\00:29:33.56
But it says "the
earth opened its mouth
00:29:35.23\00:29:40.95
and swallowed up the flood.
" Something else happened...
00:29:41.15\00:29:44.32
and that was the
discovery of the New World
00:29:44.52\00:29:47.41
that you and I live in.
00:29:47.71\00:29:49.76
For you remember, our
forefathers that came over here
00:29:50.06\00:29:53.17
they were fleeing persecution.
They were called what?
00:29:53.37\00:29:57.58
Pilgrims.
00:29:58.09\00:29:59.93
They were coming over to a
land where they could worship
00:30:00.23\00:30:02.93
as they believed they should.
00:30:03.13\00:30:05.07
And so the earth
opened up its mouth
00:30:05.37\00:30:07.48
and they could get
away from the persecution.
00:30:07.59\00:30:09.44
They could come to this country
and they could worship God
00:30:09.65\00:30:12.46
without persecution.
00:30:12.67\00:30:14.72
Swallowed up the
flood of persecution
00:30:15.22\00:30:18.85
that was taking place.
00:30:19.05\00:30:20.69
But it goes on in
the book of Revelation.
00:30:20.99\00:30:24.69
Now you need to
follow me carefully.
00:30:24.89\00:30:26.78
Follow me carefully...
00:30:27.18\00:30:29.23
Revelation 2 verse 20:
00:30:30.53\00:30:33.30
Said: "I have a
little bit against you
00:30:51.39\00:30:53.33
because you allow this woman
Jezebel to teach and seduce
00:30:53.53\00:30:56.88
my servants... "
00:30:57.08\00:30:58.45
Now folks, this can't
be talking about Jezebel
00:31:05.05\00:31:09.22
in flesh and blood.
00:31:09.32\00:31:10.96
Do you know when the book
of Revelation was written?
00:31:11.36\00:31:14.03
Written in 90 AD.
00:31:14.33\00:31:17.02
Do you know when Jezebel lived?
00:31:18.14\00:31:19.85
Oh, back around 500 BC.
00:31:21.20\00:31:26.08
Jezebel would be 600 years old.
00:31:27.04\00:31:29.38
No, this is not talking about
Jezebel in flesh and blood.
00:31:29.59\00:31:32.96
I told you that in Bible
prophecy a woman represented
00:31:33.26\00:31:36.90
what... What?
00:31:37.00\00:31:39.21
A church. A good woman
represents a good church.
00:31:39.42\00:31:44.67
A bad woman
represents a bad church.
00:31:44.87\00:31:48.45
OK... He said: "I
have something against you,
00:31:49.68\00:31:51.62
this woman Jezebel... "
00:31:51.72\00:31:53.09
Do you remember the story?
00:32:02.71\00:32:04.35
God sent Elijah and
he told Ahab and Jezebel
00:32:05.56\00:32:08.89
"If you don't change your
ways, if you don't repent,
00:32:09.09\00:32:13.07
it won't rain for 3-1/2 years. "
00:32:13.20\00:32:16.15
Well they didn't repent.
00:32:17.15\00:32:18.90
And God told Ahab: "You're
going to be shot in battle. "
00:32:19.01\00:32:24.01
And that's exactly
what happened to him.
00:32:24.21\00:32:25.98
And He told Jezebel... He said:
"You'll be eaten by the dogs. "
00:32:26.18\00:32:29.79
Do you remember
what happened to her?
00:32:30.09\00:32:32.75
Jehu came riding up in his
chariot and she was sitting
00:32:33.25\00:32:36.36
in the window - palace
window - putting on her make-up.
00:32:36.46\00:32:39.48
Jehu drove up, told the
servants "Throw her out. "
00:32:40.96\00:32:44.25
And they threw
her out the window
00:32:44.55\00:32:46.70
and he ran over her with
his chariot and killed her.
00:32:46.90\00:32:49.49
I've never understood
the next part because it said
00:32:49.80\00:32:52.51
he went in and ate. I
don't understood that.
00:32:52.61\00:32:54.65
And after he had eaten, he
turned to the servants and said:
00:32:56.85\00:33:00.23
"Go out and bury
her. " And they went out
00:33:00.43\00:33:02.39
and the dogs had eaten all of
her but a little bit of the palm
00:33:02.49\00:33:05.07
of her hand and a little
bit of the scalp of her head.
00:33:05.17\00:33:07.10
It's not talking about
Jezebel in flesh and blood.
00:33:07.40\00:33:10.50
It's talking about at the end
of time and it's using Jezebel
00:33:11.68\00:33:14.57
to represent a church.
00:33:14.67\00:33:16.08
OK... let's see what...
How long did God give Jezebel
00:33:17.63\00:33:22.05
and Ahab to repent?
00:33:22.25\00:33:23.72
Come on. Three and a half years
00:33:24.22\00:33:27.27
He gave them to repent.
00:33:27.47\00:33:28.84
I told you that in Bible
prophecy a day represents
00:33:28.87\00:33:31.87
how much? One year.
00:33:31.97\00:33:34.16
In Bible reckoning of
time there are 360 days
00:33:34.46\00:33:38.41
in a Biblical
year. So if I multiply
00:33:38.51\00:33:41.28
360 by 3-1/2 it gives me?
00:33:41.68\00:33:47.65
1260.
00:33:47.85\00:33:50.84
1260 years talking
about from 538 AD to 1798 AD.
00:33:51.24\00:33:57.11
OK, so there you have
it: 360 days times 3-1/2
00:34:10.17\00:34:14.16
gives you 1260. That's the
time that God gave the church
00:34:14.37\00:34:20.31
to repent.
00:34:20.51\00:34:23.24
Are you with me?
00:34:23.55\00:34:25.02
He gave them
1260 years to repent
00:34:25.32\00:34:28.09
and it says:
"she repented not. "
00:34:28.29\00:34:30.85
Now if I could take
you with me tonight -
00:34:32.68\00:34:34.87
take you over to
Geneva, Switzerland,
00:34:36.19\00:34:38.44
which you're looking at -
00:34:38.65\00:34:40.06
there in Geneva, Switzerland,
they have what is called
00:34:40.26\00:34:42.89
The Reformation Wall.
00:34:42.99\00:34:45.09
Picture of it. I don't know,
it's probably 2 blocks long.
00:34:45.39\00:34:50.24
On that wall, as
you can see along here,
00:34:50.54\00:34:53.39
they have all the
different reformers.
00:34:53.49\00:34:55.99
Now you can't see that
one very well right there.
00:34:56.19\00:34:58.64
That's the only American
that's on there on the wall.
00:34:58.94\00:35:02.51
Do you know who that was?
00:35:02.64\00:35:04.08
Roger Williams...
that's who's there.
00:35:04.38\00:35:07.46
But this is... It's a big
wall and here are the statues
00:35:07.66\00:35:10.41
and all on it:
Luther, Knox, and Zwingli
00:35:10.51\00:35:12.96
and all these great men.
00:35:13.16\00:35:14.53
Now let me make
something clear, folks.
00:35:14.67\00:35:16.71
These reformers were
great men of God's Word.
00:35:17.01\00:35:21.11
You go back and
read their lives.
00:35:21.41\00:35:24.10
I mean, they didn't
always agree with one another
00:35:24.30\00:35:27.94
but they always
agreed on one thing:
00:35:28.14\00:35:30.58
they agreed on the Word of God.
00:35:30.89\00:35:33.60
They agreed and they said
00:35:33.90\00:35:36.49
"Everybody should have the
right to read the scripture
00:35:36.69\00:35:39.59
for themselves and to
stand on the Word of God. "
00:35:39.79\00:35:42.90
They were God-fearing men
that stood up and preached
00:35:43.20\00:35:47.25
the Word of God
for all they were worth
00:35:47.46\00:35:49.07
and they said: "Here we stand
and this is what we believe. "
00:35:49.27\00:35:52.45
And they were great,
great students of God's Word.
00:35:52.65\00:35:55.94
And they tried to the
best of them as they understood
00:35:56.14\00:36:00.60
God's Word to walk in it.
00:36:00.80\00:36:02.80
Unfortunately,
something happened.
00:36:06.85\00:36:10.82
When Luther died
they built a fence
00:36:12.49\00:36:17.74
and they said: "All
that Luther believed
00:36:17.94\00:36:22.14
that's what we'll
believe and nothing more. "
00:36:22.34\00:36:25.36
They built a fence
and they drew up a creed
00:36:27.22\00:36:31.06
and they said: "This is what
we believe... nothing more. "
00:36:31.36\00:36:35.08
And when Knox
died they built a fence
00:36:35.38\00:36:39.87
and they said: "What
Knox believed, that's what we
00:36:40.07\00:36:43.72
believe... nothing more"
and they drew up a creed.
00:36:43.82\00:36:46.62
And when Calvin
died they built a fence
00:36:46.92\00:36:50.37
and they said: "Oh, what Calvin
believed, that's what we'll
00:36:50.57\00:36:53.14
believe and nothing more. "
00:36:53.24\00:36:54.61
Dear friend, those men
would have never accepted that.
00:36:54.67\00:36:58.02
They would have never
in this world accepted that
00:36:58.52\00:37:01.98
because they were men
that believed in God's Word
00:37:02.28\00:37:05.55
and they believed that as an
individual understood the Word
00:37:05.75\00:37:09.06
of God they need to walk
in the light of God's Word.
00:37:09.16\00:37:12.03
Every one of them believed that.
00:37:12.23\00:37:13.68
They would have
never accepted the fence.
00:37:13.98\00:37:15.70
They would have
never accepted a creed.
00:37:15.80\00:37:17.72
And as time
went on, they lost...
00:37:19.55\00:37:25.19
they lost what
those reformers had
00:37:25.59\00:37:29.00
and what they believed.
00:37:29.20\00:37:30.73
Now watch carefully
00:37:31.23\00:37:33.46
'cause it talks about this woman
on the scarlet-colored beast.
00:37:33.76\00:37:39.10
How many were made drunk?
The inhabitants of the earth.
00:38:09.38\00:38:15.06
"Made drunk with the
wine of her fornication. "
00:38:15.40\00:38:17.23
Sees this woman riding
on a scarlet-colored beast.
00:39:08.56\00:39:13.48
Now folks, are you
understanding me tonight?
00:39:13.88\00:39:16.78
This is Revelation 17.
00:39:16.98\00:39:18.94
Do you understand where
the book of Revelation ends?
00:39:19.84\00:39:22.99
With what chapter?
00:39:23.19\00:39:24.83
Huh? Do you understand?
00:39:25.03\00:39:26.73
It ends with what
chapter? Twenty-two.
00:39:26.83\00:39:30.09
Twenty-one and
twenty-two talk about heaven.
00:39:30.49\00:39:34.26
Do you understand that?
00:39:34.56\00:39:35.93
Twentieth chapter
talks about the millennium.
00:39:37.38\00:39:40.84
Seventeen, eighteen, and
nineteen talk about this woman.
00:39:42.39\00:39:47.34
I hope you're understanding
this is down at the end.
00:39:47.75\00:39:52.24
This is at the close of time
00:39:52.54\00:39:56.17
it's talking about this woman.
00:39:56.37\00:39:57.74
You and I need to
identify this woman.
00:39:57.84\00:40:00.41
Not hard to identify who she is.
00:40:00.71\00:40:03.55
You've got to look
for a power, a church.
00:40:09.32\00:40:12.18
A woman represents a church
00:40:12.38\00:40:14.35
that has committed fornication
with the kings of the earth.
00:40:14.75\00:40:17.52
It had to be a world power.
00:40:17.62\00:40:20.00
OK, you can't go
looking for some little church
00:40:20.40\00:40:23.19
over in the
corner... that won't work.
00:40:23.39\00:40:25.90
Has to be a church
that's had world power.
00:40:26.20\00:40:28.74
When it speaks of "drunk with
the wine of her fornication"
00:40:32.87\00:40:36.48
that is false teachings.
00:40:36.68\00:40:39.64
That's what it's drunk with:
the teachings of the church,
00:40:39.94\00:40:42.82
the wine of her
fornication. Listen:
00:40:43.03\00:40:44.99
Talks about the wine cup.
00:40:45.49\00:40:47.73
Let me share with
you what's involved here.
00:40:47.93\00:40:50.50
These are some
great, great issues.
00:40:57.21\00:41:00.45
I mean these are
issues, folks, tonight
00:41:00.65\00:41:02.90
that you need to
be crystal clear on.
00:41:03.10\00:41:05.19
Let me share
some of them with you.
00:41:05.39\00:41:06.93
OK? You've got
to make a decision.
00:41:13.35\00:41:15.47
What is the authority?
00:41:15.67\00:41:17.52
Is the Word of
God the authority?
00:41:17.72\00:41:19.70
Satan's counterfeit: he
says church councils are.
00:41:23.86\00:41:27.22
Church councils are authority.
00:41:27.72\00:41:30.26
I talk to people and they say:
00:41:31.24\00:41:32.87
"Oh, my preacher says... "
Is the preacher the authority?
00:41:33.08\00:41:37.64
No. The Word of
God's the authority.
00:41:37.94\00:41:41.59
God's truth, God's
Word... that's the authority.
00:41:41.99\00:41:45.81
That's where you
must build your faith.
00:41:46.01\00:41:47.92
Let me share another
great issue with you: prayer.
00:41:48.22\00:41:51.97
Satan's counterfeit? Images.
00:41:52.65\00:41:55.80
Tells you you
can pray to an image.
00:41:56.10\00:41:58.55
Image is not going
to do you any good.
00:41:58.85\00:42:01.57
Has nothing to offer in any way.
00:42:03.28\00:42:06.30
That's Satan's counterfeit.
00:42:06.80\00:42:09.10
Scripture tells you
it's the Holy Spirit
00:42:09.40\00:42:12.69
that takes your prayers
and makes it viable before God.
00:42:12.99\00:42:17.78
Another great issue: salvation.
00:42:18.19\00:42:21.84
Satan's
counterfeit? Human works.
00:42:22.14\00:42:25.06
That's Satan's
counterfeit... human works.
00:42:25.47\00:42:28.16
You can get there by your
good deeds and what you do.
00:42:28.47\00:42:32.15
You know, as people
tell me... They say: "Well,
00:42:32.45\00:42:35.98
it really doesn't matter.
00:42:36.18\00:42:37.78
You know, God's
not particular. "
00:42:38.08\00:42:40.65
"I can do it may way
whatever day I want to. "
00:42:40.95\00:42:43.70
No... that's not God's way.
00:42:44.00\00:42:46.87
God's truth is Christ's grace.
00:42:47.17\00:42:49.65
That's the only way
you're going to be saved:
00:42:49.75\00:42:51.44
by the grace of Jesus
Christ... no other way.
00:42:51.75\00:42:54.48
Another great
issue: intercession.
00:42:54.79\00:42:57.75
Do you understand
who's your Intercessor?
00:42:59.16\00:43:02.68
Satan's counterfeit
tells you the priest
00:43:04.06\00:43:06.83
can intercede for you.
00:43:07.03\00:43:09.31
No, the Word of God says
that Jesus is the ONLY Advocate.
00:43:09.52\00:43:13.96
What the scripture says:
"There is only one Advocate
00:43:14.10\00:43:16.90
between God and man:
the Lord Jesus Christ. "
00:43:17.10\00:43:20.29
That's what scripture says.
00:43:20.59\00:43:22.50
Another great issue is worship.
00:43:23.60\00:43:25.62
Satan's counterfeit says
"Ah, you don't have to worry
00:43:26.63\00:43:29.81
about the
Sabbath... we can change it. "
00:43:29.91\00:43:33.68
So you have Sunday.
00:43:35.19\00:43:36.97
God's Word is going to
teach nothing but the Sabbath.
00:43:37.37\00:43:40.97
It's all it will teach.
00:43:41.37\00:43:43.19
I'm talking about the wine cup.
00:43:43.49\00:43:46.59
The wine that's
offered to the whole world
00:43:46.89\00:43:48.99
and it says "the inhabitants of
the earth have been made drunk
00:43:49.09\00:43:52.40
with the wine of
her fornication. "
00:43:52.61\00:43:54.13
Death... counterfeit says
that your soul is immortal.
00:43:55.55\00:44:00.50
That you really
don't die when you die.
00:44:00.80\00:44:03.68
That's not what
the scripture says.
00:44:04.99\00:44:06.87
It says "the dead
know not anything. "
00:44:07.07\00:44:09.89
God's truth? The scripture
says that when a person dies
00:44:10.19\00:44:13.88
they're asleep and will
remain so until Jesus comes.
00:44:14.08\00:44:18.51
These are great
issues... issues that you and I
00:44:19.77\00:44:23.50
need to look at and understand.
00:44:23.70\00:44:25.63
That's the wine cup.
00:44:25.83\00:44:27.20
So it's not hard to
identify who this woman is.
00:44:27.23\00:44:29.53
Health? Satan's counterfeit says
00:44:30.78\00:44:35.38
all that's been abolished.
00:44:35.58\00:44:37.45
Don't have to worry about what
you eat or how you live healthy.
00:44:38.67\00:44:42.22
That's not
something that God requires.
00:44:42.42\00:44:44.27
I'm sorry... God's Word
says those laws are eternal.
00:44:44.47\00:44:48.18
They'll always be there.
00:44:48.41\00:44:50.52
Also, she's riding on
a beast... this woman is.
00:44:54.62\00:44:58.93
As we studied Bible prophecy
we found out that a beast
00:44:59.23\00:45:02.32
represents a nation or a power.
00:45:02.52\00:45:04.27
So the scripture says
that a beast represents a power
00:45:13.39\00:45:16.10
or nation. So if I have a woman
00:45:16.30\00:45:19.06
riding on a
beast, what do I have?
00:45:19.27\00:45:22.92
I have union of
church and state.
00:45:24.19\00:45:27.97
That's what I've got.
00:45:28.27\00:45:29.64
So if you're going
to identify this woman
00:45:29.67\00:45:31.99
you've got to look for a woman
00:45:32.19\00:45:33.57
that's involved
with civil government.
00:45:33.77\00:45:36.88
OK? Not hard to identify.
00:45:37.18\00:45:40.86
Got to find one
that has persecuted.
00:45:46.25\00:45:48.71
Necessary. I have
mentioned to you many times now
00:45:49.01\00:45:53.63
all you have to do is go
back and read history, folks.
00:45:53.84\00:45:57.07
If you read history, you can
understand clearly that she has
00:45:57.27\00:46:01.01
persecuted.
00:46:01.21\00:46:02.65
I mean you shouldn't have
any trouble identifying that.
00:46:17.35\00:46:20.32
Do you think they
have any intentions today?
00:46:22.45\00:46:26.24
This is taken from a book
called The Keys of This Blood
00:46:26.64\00:46:31.51
by Malachi
Martin who is a priest.
00:46:31.81\00:46:34.66
This is what he says
00:46:34.86\00:46:36.23
speaking of Pope
John Paul the second.
00:46:36.41\00:46:39.01
Better believe it.
00:47:06.16\00:47:08.21
They know exactly where they're
going and where they're headed.
00:47:08.51\00:47:12.11
Don't think they don't, friends.
00:47:12.31\00:47:14.08
Now I want to ask you a
simple question tonight.
00:47:25.93\00:47:28.14
If she is the mother of harlots,
then what does that mean?
00:47:30.18\00:47:35.76
If she's the mother of
harlots, what does that mean?
00:47:37.46\00:47:40.14
Well it means she has daughters.
00:47:41.26\00:47:43.70
Doesn't it?
00:47:44.00\00:47:46.01
If she's the mother of
harlots, she has daughters.
00:47:46.31\00:47:48.78
What are daughters?
00:47:49.08\00:47:51.17
Daughters are people
that follow her teachings.
00:47:53.37\00:47:58.33
Churches that
follow her teachings.
00:47:58.53\00:48:01.88
That is daughters.
00:48:02.29\00:48:04.84
I mean the scripture
is very clear on that
00:48:06.19\00:48:08.56
and you and I
need to understand.
00:48:08.86\00:48:10.71
Now just kind of
get hold of your chair
00:48:10.91\00:48:13.51
'cause were fixing to
move into something that may be
00:48:13.72\00:48:16.87
a little shocking to you.
00:48:16.97\00:48:18.84
Now when John saw this woman
00:48:32.42\00:48:34.76
riding on this
scarlet-colored beast
00:48:35.06\00:48:37.99
he said: "I marveled
with great amazement! "
00:48:38.19\00:48:41.49
What's so amazing to John?
00:48:41.79\00:48:43.72
I mean, he's seen
all these other beasts.
00:48:44.02\00:48:46.84
I mean he's seen a
whole bunch of them.
00:48:47.04\00:48:49.99
Why all of a sudden because
she's riding on this beast
00:48:50.19\00:48:52.72
is this so amazing to him?
00:48:52.92\00:48:55.57
Let me tell you
why it's amazing.
00:48:57.15\00:48:59.86
This woman of Revelation 12:
00:49:00.16\00:49:04.81
white, clothed with the
sun, moon under her feet,
00:49:04.84\00:49:10.45
crown of 12 stars on her head,
00:49:10.65\00:49:13.15
where did she go?
00:49:13.35\00:49:15.47
Where did she go?
00:49:15.77\00:49:17.84
Into the wilderness.
00:49:18.14\00:49:21.12
She went into the wilderness.
She went into those mountains.
00:49:22.26\00:49:24.83
You go back and
read the history.
00:49:25.04\00:49:26.94
She went back there, and
when the Reformation took place,
00:49:27.97\00:49:31.38
folks, she was thrilled.
00:49:31.58\00:49:34.30
The Waldensian
people, the Albigenses,
00:49:34.60\00:49:37.62
the Huguenots... they opened
up their arms and they accepted
00:49:37.82\00:49:40.99
the Reformation
and it was marvelous.
00:49:41.09\00:49:43.92
And then all of a sudden
they found the Reformation
00:49:46.70\00:49:50.98
they had accepted
was not really willing
00:49:51.08\00:49:54.90
to continue to
follow God's Word.
00:49:55.20\00:49:58.22
They found those
churches built fences
00:49:58.52\00:50:03.02
and drew up a creed.
00:50:03.22\00:50:05.73
You go back and read the
story of the Waldensian people,
00:50:05.93\00:50:08.96
the Huguenots,
and the Albigenses
00:50:09.16\00:50:12.09
and you find they
completely fell apart
00:50:12.29\00:50:15.57
because the Reformation
they had accepted with open arms
00:50:15.77\00:50:19.09
and the woman that
went into the wilderness -
00:50:19.29\00:50:23.62
white, beautiful -
John sees her coming out,
00:50:24.68\00:50:30.25
the same woman, riding
on a scarlet-colored beast.
00:50:30.45\00:50:35.06
That's what's amazing to him.
00:50:37.68\00:50:39.95
The woman that was white
coming out of the wilderness
00:50:40.25\00:50:45.06
riding on a
scarlet-colored beast.
00:50:45.26\00:50:48.98
She's given up. She's
given up the Word of God.
00:50:49.18\00:50:52.45
She's given up the
beliefs that she stood for.
00:50:52.65\00:50:55.17
John said: "I was amazed and
marveled that this could happen.
00:50:57.56\00:51:02.57
That the church
that was in white
00:51:02.81\00:51:04.35
coming out riding on a
scarlet-colored beast. "
00:51:04.55\00:51:07.46
That's the way the
New King James reads.
00:51:22.32\00:51:24.61
I like the old King
James much better here.
00:51:24.81\00:51:26.96
It says "He went to make war
with the remnant of her seed. "
00:51:27.26\00:51:32.45
Now folks, if
you've got it in your mind
00:51:32.65\00:51:36.44
that Christianity as a whole
00:51:36.84\00:51:39.92
is going to embrace
the teachings of God's Word
00:51:40.12\00:51:43.66
and go marching gloriously
into the second coming
00:51:43.86\00:51:47.11
I'm sorry... that's
not what the Bible teaches.
00:51:47.32\00:51:50.98
The Bible teaches
that when Jesus comes
00:51:51.18\00:51:54.45
there will just be a remnant.
00:51:54.65\00:51:57.03
The Bible says: "Broad is the
way that leads to destruction
00:51:57.54\00:52:01.69
and many there be
that go in there at.
00:52:01.89\00:52:05.48
Narrow is the way
that leads to salvation
00:52:05.68\00:52:08.28
and few there be that find it. "
00:52:08.48\00:52:11.08
No, Christianity when they built
a fence and the put up a creed
00:52:12.29\00:52:16.69
and they said "this is what
we'll believe and nothing more"
00:52:16.89\00:52:19.06
they closed the door
00:52:19.36\00:52:22.50
to the work of the Holy
Spirit upon their hearts
00:52:22.70\00:52:25.38
and understanding the
rest of the scripture.
00:52:25.58\00:52:28.11
And they continue to follow
00:52:28.41\00:52:31.93
the woman that's riding on
that scarlet-colored beast.
00:52:32.23\00:52:35.38
Went to make war with the
remnant of her seed who what?
00:52:35.68\00:52:40.62
Come on. Who keep
the commandments of God
00:52:41.97\00:52:46.20
and have the testimony of Jesus.
00:52:46.40\00:52:48.20
It identifies the remnant.
00:52:48.40\00:52:49.77
It says these are people that
keep the commandments of God;
00:52:49.83\00:52:52.81
they have the faith of Jesus.
00:52:53.02\00:52:55.67
That's the remnant.
00:52:55.87\00:52:57.46
That's what God is
calling people today
00:52:57.77\00:53:00.58
is to the remnant.
00:53:00.61\00:53:02.01
Listen to what his message is.
00:53:18.38\00:53:21.37
We're going to be
talking a little bit about it
00:53:21.57\00:53:23.50
tomorrow night and the
loud cry. Did you hear it?
00:53:23.61\00:53:26.66
Listen to what it says:
00:53:26.96\00:53:28.67
God said:
"Babylon has fallen! " OK?
00:53:40.42\00:53:44.95
He said: "She has fallen! "
00:53:53.22\00:53:55.64
That means Babylon and
her daughters have fallen.
00:53:55.94\00:54:01.46
Now how does that relate to you?
00:54:24.60\00:54:28.51
How does that relate to me?
00:54:28.81\00:54:31.10
John... John's having a real
rough time right now, folks.
00:54:31.30\00:54:35.69
He's having a hard
time in this vision
00:54:36.51\00:54:39.49
'cause he sees this and he's
seeing the call. And it says:
00:54:41.13\00:54:44.10
In all the
churches God has His people.
00:54:52.68\00:54:56.85
In ALL
churches... did you hear me?
00:54:57.15\00:55:00.03
Not just one but
in all the churches
00:55:00.43\00:55:04.08
God has His people that love Him
00:55:04.28\00:55:07.03
and they love the Word of God.
00:55:07.23\00:55:08.70
And they are saying: "I'm going
to follow the Word of God. "
00:55:08.90\00:55:11.69
And today God is saying to them:
00:55:11.89\00:55:14.03
"Come out! Come out
of her, My people. "
00:55:14.23\00:55:17.71
And that's the way it
relates to you tonight.
00:55:22.29\00:55:24.82
God is saying to you:
"Come out... follow Me...
00:55:25.02\00:55:28.46
prepare for My coming. "
00:55:28.66\00:55:31.38
That's what God is
saying dear friends.
00:55:31.68\00:55:34.15
God is calling them.
00:55:34.45\00:55:36.53
Like I said,
John's having a hard time
00:55:36.73\00:55:38.91
'cause this woman in white
that he saw go in the wilderness
00:55:39.21\00:55:43.85
comes out riding on this beast.
00:55:45.18\00:55:47.64
And so you find John is saying:
00:55:47.94\00:55:50.40
"Where's the
bride? Where's the bride?
00:55:50.60\00:55:54.82
What happened to
her? Where's the bride? "
00:55:55.12\00:55:58.71
Watch:
00:55:58.91\00:56:00.28
He said: "Come John. You
want to know where the bride is?
00:56:12.85\00:56:15.32
Come with me. I'm
going to show you the bride,
00:56:15.52\00:56:17.33
the Lamb's wife. "
00:56:17.63\00:56:19.11
Took him up there. He
showed him the New Jerusalem.
00:56:30.58\00:56:33.54
Why would he show
him the New Jerusalem?
00:56:33.75\00:56:36.29
Shows it. Says:
"Having the glory of God... "
00:56:37.92\00:56:40.68
The city does.
00:56:40.88\00:56:42.25
The reason he's
showing him the Holy City
00:56:49.43\00:56:52.43
is because inside the Holy
City are all of God's people.
00:56:52.63\00:56:56.91
Here's all the people
from down through time.
00:56:57.48\00:57:00.68
Back in the days of Noah
coming on down through time.
00:57:00.98\00:57:05.35
All the prophets and all the
people that followed the Lord
00:57:05.55\00:57:08.50
all the way down
through the Old Testament
00:57:08.70\00:57:10.58
into the New Testament, during
the time of the Reformation.
00:57:10.61\00:57:13.01
Here all those people have
been gathered from every tribe,
00:57:13.21\00:57:16.43
every tongue, every nation.
00:57:16.64\00:57:18.37
Of every culture across the
earth they've been gathered.
00:57:18.57\00:57:21.92
And there they are in God's
city... all of God's people.
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And he can say:
"John, there's the bride. "
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But to you and
to me God is saying
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He's asking you, asking me
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to follow Him, to walk with Him.
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To follow Him by faith.
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